By Daniel Dale and Tara Subramaniam, CNN House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy gave the longest House floor speech in US history on Thursday night and Friday morning — an 8-hour, 32-minute address that delayed the passage of a $1.9 trillion Democratic bill to expand the social safety net and fight the climate crisis. The House
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Columbia’s Planning & Zoning Commission approved a new addition Thursday night to a Discovery Parkway development expansion. The development called “The Kitchen” is expected to include retail, residential and outdoor recreation. The idea comes from P1316, a company owned by the Odle family, which developed the nearby Aria Apartments. The Columbia City
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Mizzou men’s basketball team beat Northern Illinois 54-37 on Thursday night. The Tigers are now 2-1 on the season. https://youtu.be/P-FRUU2hIN8 Mizzou finished the game on a 24-5 run in the final 10 minutes of the game. Kobe Brown led the way for the Tigers with 13 points and 13 rebounds. The
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) statewide COVID-19 dashboard is publishing new data that it finds from “breakthrough infections.” DHSS reports the vaccine remains a strong defense against the virus, and that older age and health co-morbidities are strongly correlated with the “breakthrough infections.” According to DHSS and the Missouri Hospital
Continue ReadingBy Gabby Orr, CNN Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Thursday she recognizes President Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States, even as she claimed there were “lots of problems” with the 2020 election that Republican candidates should address. “Painfully, Joe Biden won the election and it’s very painful to watch.
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By Maggie Fox, CNN A fresh look at the possible origins of the Covid-19 pandemic points straight back to the Huanan seafood market in the Chinese city of Wuhan, a scientist who has been studying the pandemic from the beginning asserted Thursday. The researcher, Michael Worobey of the University of Arizona, has put together a
Continue ReadingBy David Williams, CNN Bettina Lerman was on a ventilator for weeks after getting Covid-19 and hadn’t responded to doctors’ efforts to wake her from a coma when her family made the difficult decision to take her off of life support. They made funeral arrangements and picked out her casket and headstone as they prepared
Continue ReadingBy Nectar Gan and Steve George, CNN Before retiring as vice premier, Zhang Gaoli was the face of China’s organizing efforts ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics. As the head of a government working group on the Beijing Games, Zhang inspected venue construction sites, visited athletes, unveiled official emblems, and held meeting after meeting to
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By Maggie Fox, CNN Vials found at a vaccine research facility in Pennsylvania that were marked “smallpox” contained virus used to make the vaccine and not the virus that causes the disease, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. The CDC confirmed Tuesday that a few vials marked smallpox had been found
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By Eric Cheung, CNN In just five years, Lin Fei-fan went from charging into Taiwan’s legislature and occupying the building with hundreds of students to a senior job for the island’s ruling party. But his story could have been very different if he lived in Hong Kong, where student activists once brought the financial hub
Continue ReadingBy Chloe Melas, CNN Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, is opening up about some very relatable parenting experiences. Meghan stopped by “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” on Thursday for an interview that touched on a range of topics, including being a parent to young children. The Sussex’s daughter Lilibet Diana, who was born in in June, is
Continue ReadingBy Aya Elamroussi, Mark Morales and Amir Vera, CNN The jury in the civil trial against organizers of the “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, will begin their second day of deliberations Monday morning. Jurors finished their first day Friday without reaching a verdict. The Unite the Right rally was held over two days
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) Mizzou quarterback Connor Bazelak is probable for the Tigers senior day matchup with Florida on Saturday at 3 p.m. Head coach Eli Drinkwitz released MU’s injury report on Thursday night. Probable: Connor Bazelak Questionable: N/A Doubtful: N/A Out: Ish Burdine, Bobby Lawrence, Shawn Robinson, Chris Shearin.
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Central Methodist and Columbia College men’s and women’s soccer teams all opened up NAIA Tournament play on Thursday. You can check out the scores below. WOMEN’S NAIA TOURNAMENT Bellevue 0 | Central Methodist 8 FINAL Jamestown 2 | Columbia College 5 FINAL MEN’S NAIA TOURNAMENT Point 0 | Columbia College 3
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COLUMBIA, Mo. (KMIZ) The Board of Curators approved raising housing and dining rates for the M-U campus. A 6% increase will go into effect at the start of the 2022 summer session. Room and board will now cost students $10,509. Room will cost $7,319 and board will cost students $3,190. During the pandemic the budget
Continue Reading The resolution requires the UM System and its four campuses to follow the executive order, which requires federal contract workers to be vaccinated against the coronavirus or be tested regularly. The board voted 7-1, with Curator Todd Graves abstaining. Jeffrey Layman, of Springfield, voted against the measure.
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By Devon M. Sayers, Ryan Young and Jason Hanna, CNN A defense attorney for one of the three men charged in Ahmaud Arbery’s killing asked prosecutors for a plea deal and was declined, an attorney for Arbery’s mother told CNN. “Prosecutors shared with” Arbery’s mother that defendant William “Roddie” Bryan Jr.’s lawyer “asked for a
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TONIGHT: Mostly clear and cold with lows in the low to mid-20s. TOMORROW: Breezy and a bit warmer with clouds increasing and highs in the lower 50s. EXTENDED: Winds die down with a strong high pressure centered over the area, allowing lows to fall into the mid-20s. Clouds filter back in tomorrow and winds pick up from
Continue ReadingBy Marshall Cohen, CNN When it came to light in January 2017, just days before Donald Trump took office, the so-called Steele dossier landed like a bombshell and sent shockwaves around the world with its salacious allegations about Trump and his supposed ties to Russia. The central allegations, that Trump conspired with the Kremlin to
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By Sonia Moghe, Brynn Gingras, Ray Sanchez and Lauren del Valle, CNN Two men convicted of the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X were exonerated during a court hearing Thursday after a half-century effort to clear their names. New York County Supreme Court Administrative Judge Ellen Biben granted the motion to vacate the convictions of Muhammad
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